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The relationship between stalls and airspeed is often misunderstood. It is not actually the airspeed of the aircraft that will determine when the wing will stall, but rather the angle of attack. Stall recognition is generally taught with reference to airspeed only. Students are taught to pull up to stall the aircraft and continue doing so, watching the airspeed bleed ...

Flying? Boring! Why would I ever want to do it? Aside from being expensive and time consuming, it’s also pointless. Why would I want to shoot around the sky in a metal tube? It just seems like a poor use of time. Seriously, only those with poor judgement would consider getting a pilots’ license. There are just so many reasons ...

One of the hardest thing in flying is learning to land. When I was struggling with the landing, my instructor made me feel better by letting me know this, and saying that she didn’t really “learn” how to land until she was doing her commercial license. Of course she knew how to to it, but by that she meant that ...

Let’s review some basic concepts in meteorological reports for Pilots. Cloud cover: measured in oktas, or out of eighths of the sky coverage: SKC – sky clear of cloud Few 1-2 out of 8 Scattered 3-4 out of 8 Broken 5-7 out of 8 Overcast 8 out of 8 – full sky coverage METAR: Aviation routine weather reports are coded ...

The other day I was out flying with my instructor reviewing soft field procedures. We were doing circuits on runway 25, and on the turn from the downwind to base leg of the circuit, we were hit with strong turbulence every time. The leg goes close to the river so we assumed it was something to do with that. It ...

The perfect landing technique explained The most difficult part of learning to fly is, I think, the landing. It is a precise series of steps that, when individually understood both aerodynamically and intellectually, result in a straight, soft landing no matter the wind conditions. Since going solo for the first time I have been doing solo circuits, and have really ...

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